1.

Phase 1 – Brainstorming Guidelines

Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name
Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________
Brainstorming Guidelines
Interview Project
(to be presented in Introduction)
1. Project topic
💡 In your group, have a look through all the topics and answer the following questions.
● What topics are you learning in the course?
_____________________________________________________________________________________

● Which topic does your group choose? (Choose only 01 topic)

_____________________________________________________________________________________

2. The purpose of the interview project & the Interview Questions

💡 In your group, discuss the question below together and fill in the chart below.
● What is the purpose of your interview?
® Complete the sentence “The purpose of our interview is to ……….” in the chart below.

The purpose of our interview is to ______________________

_________________________________________________________________________________

● What questions are you going to ask the interviewees?

® Write your interview questions in the boxes below.

Interview Question 1:

Interview Question 2:

I
n t
erview Question 3:

Interview Question 4:

❌ DON’T just have closed-ended questions (i.e. this-or-that, yes-or-no questions).

💡 DO have some open-ended questions (i.e. what, why, when, how, who… questions).

2. Phase 2 – Roles

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Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name
Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________
Roles
(to be presented in Conclusion)

💡 In your group, discuss and agree on each member’s role(s) (at least 01 role/student). Each member must be the
interviewer and take at least 01 more role(s). Then, complete the table below. You can add more rows if you need.
*Suggested other roles: presentation designer(s), video editor(s), information analyzer(s) - (summarize and
analyze the interviewees’ opinions), team leader, etc.

Roles Members’ Contact

names emails

Interviewer & ………………………………………

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Interviewer & ………………………………………

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Interviewer & ………………………………………

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Interviewer & ………………………………………

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Interviewer & ………………………………………

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 3. Phase 2 – Interview Guidelines

Interview Guidelines
READ THIS GUIDE BEFORE YOU START YOUR INTERVIEWS.

Below is the interview structure that students can follow when conducting the interviews. Students are only
required to video record/film the conversations with the interview questions.

· Introduction:
Introduce the following things to the interviewees:
- the purpose of your interview
- the interviewees’ rights to choose NOT to answer one/some question(s) or stop the interview at any
time
- the fact that the interview will be recorded.

· Warm-up:
Ask some questions to get to know the interviewees and make them feel comfortable (e.g. how they
want to be referred to, whether they have any understanding about the interview topic or not,...)

· The main body of the interview (*required for filming/video recordings):

Ask the interview questions that you have prepared.
Suggestion: ask the ‘easy’ questions and/or questions about opinions/ideas before the more difficult
questions and/or questions that require knowledge/understanding about the topic.

· Ending:
Ask some questions or have a small chat to make the interviewee comfortable again. If the
interviewee shares some interesting details about the interview topic after you have stopped
recording, ask for their permission to use those details in your project.
(cited from Robson (2011))

Other note: Interviewers must keep the interviewee’s identity (names, phone number, email, home
address,...) anonymous in your interview(s) and in their videos.
(cited from Bryman, A. (2012). Social research methods. Oxford: Oxford University Press [Chapter 6: Ethics
and politics in social research])

4. Phase 2 – Interview Planner

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Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name
Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________
Interview Planner
(to be presented in Introduction)

COMPLETE THIS WORKSHEET BEFORE YOU START CONDUCTING THE INTERVIEWS.

💡 General Research Information:

-Interview date(s): ______________________________________
-Number of interviewees: ________________________________
-Interview location(s): ___________________________________
-Interview Subject: ______________________________________ (e.g., freshmen or sophomores at Van Lang
University, etc. )

💡 Interviewee Information:
In your group, complete the table below to help you keep the record of the interviews. You can add more
columns if you need.
Interviewees Interviewee 1 Interviewee 2 Interviewee 3 ………………..
Age

Major

Hometown

Interviewer’s
names (your
group members)
When are you
going to
interview them?
(e.g. 1/8/2021,
9am-10am,…)
How are you In-person/ In-person/ In-person/ In-person/
going to Phone/ Phone/ Phone/ Phone/
interview them? Online meeting Online meeting Online meeting Online meeting
Choose the most
suitable option
for each
interviewee.
What tools are
you going to use
for the
interview?
Pick the suitable
tools to use for
the interview.
5. Phase 2 – Summary and Analysis Guide

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Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name
Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________
Summary and Analysis Guide
(to be presented in Conclusion)

COMPLETE THIS WORKSHEET AFTER THE INTERVIEWS HAVE FINISHED.

💡Content: In your group, discuss the questions below to complete the summary (and/or the analysis) part of your
video.

● Summarize the results:

- How many people did you interview? _________________________________________
- What is the general summary of the answers? (Should be a summary of the answers to each interview
question)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

- Who were the interviewees? Did that influence how they answer your question?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

● Analyze the results:

- What are the similarities in the interviewees’ answers? Why might they have the same opinions?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

- What are the differences between the interviewees’ answers? Why might they think differently?
(You can use the interviewees’ information from the Interview Planner to help you with the answers.)
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

● Your opinion:
- What ideas/sharing (from the interviewees) is/are interesting to your group? Why?
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________________________________________________

6. Phase 3 – Pre-Presentation Checklist

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 Course code: _______________________
Class code: _______________________
Group number/name: _______________________

Pre-Presentation Checklist
1. Format
 Do you have prepared slides (PowerPoint, Prezi, any other creative formats) to present?
 Can the presentation be presented within 13-16 minutes?
 Does each member have at least 1.5 minutes to talk?

2. Content
 Does your presentation have all of these parts?
o Introduction: to be presented orally by all members in front of the whole class
o Body: Interview footage – to be shown after the Introduction
o Conclusion: to be presented orally by all members in front of the whole class

3. Language
 Is the language in the presentation appropriate language?
 Is the vocabulary in the presentation appropriate for your class level? Do you use any vocabulary words learned in
the textbook?
 Is the grammar in the presentation appropriate for your class level? Do you use any grammar structures learned in
the textbook?

7. Phase 3 – Audience Notes

Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name
Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Student’s name: ____________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________
PBA Audience Notes
💡 In your group, discuss the presentation with each other and complete the notes below.
*Things to think about: visual, the topic, the interview questions, the summary/analysis, the structure of the
presentation,...

Presentation 01 - Group ………..

What you like What can change Questions

Presentation 02 - Group ………..

What you like What can change Questions

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Presentation 03 - Group ………..
What you like What can change Questions

Presentation 04 - Group ………..

What you like What can change Questions

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 8. Phase 3 – Interviewer Notes
Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name
Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________

Reflection - Interviewer Notes

💡 Read the notes from the Audience. In your group, discuss the questions below:
● What has your group done well?
● What should your group improve on?
● What other feedback do you want to give about your group’s presentation?

9. Phase 4 – Self-reflection

Course code: AV3&4 – Lecturer’s name

Class code: __________________________________
Group number/name: __________________________________
Date of submission: __________________________________

Self-reflection

💡 Description: Describe your project experience in detail, including what happened and your
expectations of what would happen next.
**Helpful questions:
What happened? When and where did it happen?
What did you (and the other people) do?
What did you want to happen?

💡 Feelings and thoughts: Describe your feelings and/or thoughts during the project. Then, state how
they might have impacted the experience.
**Helpful questions:
What were you feeling before, during, and after the project?
What do you think other people were feeling about the project? What about now?
What were you thinking during the project? What about now?

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 💡 Evaluation: Describe something that worked and did not work in the project.
**Helpful questions:
What was good and bad about the project?
What went well? What didn’t go so well?
What did you and other people contribute to the project (positively or negatively)?

💡 Analysis: Explain why the project happened in the way you have just described. There is no right or
wrong analysis - just your own analysis.
**Helpful questions:
Why did things go well?
Why didn’t they go well?
Now that you are looking back at the experience. Why do you think things happened the way they did?

💡 Conclusion: Summarize what you have learned from the project, how you have learned about it/them,
and what you would do differently in the future.
**Helpful questions:
What did I learn from this project?
How did I learn about it/them?
What else could I have done?

💡Action plan: Describe a plan for how you would work on a similar project in the future or general
changes you might find appropriate.
**Helpful questions:
What would I do differently in a similar project in the future?
What skills do I need to develop for me to handle a project like this better?
How will I develop those skills?

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